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McDonald's: number of restaurants worldwide

Number of McDonald's restaurants worldwide from 2005 to 2017

The data displays how many McDonald's stores there are worldwide from 2005 to 2017. There were 37,241 McDonald's restaurants worldwide in 2017.

McDonald's - additional information McDonald’s is undoubtedly the most well-known fast-food chain worldwide. Starting out as a barbeque restaurant set up by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in California in 1940, the foodservice company soon evolved into a humble production-line style burger stand. Since then, McDonald’s has grown into a global giant with increasing numbers of stores year-on-year – in 2017, McDonald’s had 37,24 restaurants worldwide.

2005 30766
2006 31046
2007 31377
2008 31967
2009 32478
2010 32737
2011 33510
2012 34480
2013 35429
2014 36258
2015 36525
2016 36899
2017 37241